Trocar/Canula

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Trocar/Canula

Trocar/Canula

Name/Title

Trocar/Canula

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.77

Description

Metal trocar/canula. A trocar is defined as a surgical instrument consisting of a perforator or stylet enclosed in a metal tube or cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as in dropsy, etc. (OED).

Context

The blade and sheath were inserted between two particular ribs and the blade is then withdrawn leaving the sheath as a funnel to withdraw the gas. This object is made of metal.

Category

Animal Husbandry

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

136a

Location

* Untyped Location

WW upper